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"I think it's positive that I'm here to represent Italy and lead the... Email Print Related News UPDATE 6-Populist party surges in Finn poll, EU aid at risk Sun, Apr 17 2011 Yemen opposition to meet Gulf ministers over crisis Sat, Apr 16 2011 NATO and UK hope for more Libya strike aircraft Fri, Apr 15 2011 Qaeda sympathizers kill abducted Italian activist Fri, Apr 15 2011 Calls grow for Japan PM to quit in wake of quake Fri, Apr 15 2011 Analysis & Opinion Dear IRS: Where is my tax refund? U.S. vs China: which economy is bigger, better? Related Topics World » People » Italy » Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) waves as Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti applauds during a political party meeting in downtown Milan April 17, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo By James Mackenzie ROME | Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:07pm EDT ROME (Reuters) - For a politician on trial over charges ranging from tax fraud to paying for sex with a minor, Silvio Berlusconi is notably free of self doubt. "I think it's positive that I'm here to represent Italy and lead the center-right," the Italian prime minister said last week in comments at an off-the-record dinner with foreign press that were leaked to Italian newspapers. "As long as there's no one to replace me, I'll stay for some time longer." That confidence has been a vital asset in Berlusconi's career, from his early days as a cruise ship entertainer to his success as the head of a vast property and media empire, and his 17-year spell at the top of Italian politics. Berlusconi's legal problems have once again put his outsize personality in the spotlight, providing plenty of ammunition for his many critics but in certain ways also highlighting his dominance of the Italian political system. "Berlusconi is a very unusual person," said one senior foreign official who has had extensive contact with the 74-year-old prime minister. "He's very generous, he's also very forceful. He overwhelms people, even physically," he said. It is difficult to imagine any other western leader surviving the kinds of allegations Berlusconi faces. He is accused of trying to avoid paying millions of euros in tax, of bribing his lawyer to give false evidence in court and of paying for sex with a 17-year-old and then pressuring police officials in a bid to cover the story up. But with no credible alternative on the right and a weak and divided opposition on the left, he has variously laughed off the charges or launched vitriolic counter-attacks on the "subversive" magistrates he accuses of trying to destroy Italian democracy. He also appears completely unembarrassed by quasi-pornographic newspaper accounts of "bunga bunga" sex parties at his palatial house near Milan where magistrates say he entertained a veritable harem of young women. "My compliments, you are so good you make me want to invite you to bunga bunga," he told two young women as he presented them with awards at a ceremony for young business leaders at Rome University earlier this month. PRAGMATIC STREAK That kind of remark has been a trademark down the years and helped to create a widespread image of Berlusconi as a gaffe-prone eccentric. But it disguises a pragmatic streak and a sure feel for personal relations he says is key to his success in dealing with foreign leaders like Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and Russia's Vladimir Putin and has made him Italy's predominant political leader since 1994. "Berlusconi doesn't have a strategy. He just does things he thinks will produce results," said a senior Italian executive who has had close relations with the prime minister for years. 1 2 Next World People Italy Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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